Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-26


she had ever known. But she packed
up her trunk and went to Violet
Smiths in New York, which was all
the pleasanter, in that Marmaduke
Bourne had also betaken himself to
this modern Gotham and gone to
work studying law as if he meant to
take Coke and Blackstone by storm.
And Miss Violet Smith, who was a
sentimental young lady, sympathized
intensely, and the young couple were
as unreasonably happy as many an
other couple had been before, and
will be again.
But one day Duke Bourne came in
with a face full of tidings.
s'Faith, said he, ''have you heard
the news
'sWhat news?' asked Faith.
'.Your uncle will get the start of
US, after all"
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''Why, he's going to be married. 3"
sEUncle Nahum? ?" cried Faith, in
credulously.
Eyes, uncle. That accounts for
his being so willing to get rid of Us,
eh, little one? p
ssAnd who is the bride?" question
ed Faith.
Why, that's the mooted point yet.
Nobody seems to know. Some say
one, and some say another; but the
impression seems to be that it is the
rich widow who owns the brown stone
block on the corner
''I'm sure [ hope he will be happy"
said Faith, with trembling lips and
eyes suffused with tears. ''But 1
think he might have said something
to US about it."
''People are not generally in a hur
~ to proclaim the fact that they are
about to make fools of themselves, >"
said Duke Bourne bitterly.
''Why," cried Faith, laughing thro'
her tears, ''that is precisely what
he said of US"
But the next day letter from Ma
hum himself settled the matter. He
wrote:
ssThere is to be a wedding at my
house on the 18th, and I want you
and Marmaduke to be there without
fail
"A wedding At his house :" cried
Faith. Il supposed weddings were
celebrated at the brides residence" :"
$50 they are, dear" said Miss
Smith, but your uncle is so eccentric" "
''What shall we doE asked Faith.
''Why,go of course" said Marina
duke Bourne, ''to show that we bear
no i'll will, if for no other reason.
The 18th of March arrived, a cold
clustering night, and the old red
brick house was all in a glimmer of
light as the young betrothed pair
drew up to the door. Uncle Nahum
met them on the threshold, in his
old-fashioned, swallOw-ta coat, with
a huge white camelia in his button
hole and a pair of surprisingly white
s1id gloves.
= "Have you brought your white
frock 2" was his first question to his
niece.
"No, Uncle, Il
..That won't. do" said Uncle Ma
hum. !
mo one must come ito my we'd
ding wIthgt the wedding garment.
It is luckrI provided one for you.
Come up stairs now and change your
kdress.
/. But, uncle, 4 white siIk},' cried
iFaith, loobsiig in dismay at the glisi
tening deas laid out for her ds
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